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Blue Envelope program aims to help drivers with autism through ‘scary moments'
The Blue Envelope program aims to help drivers with autism navigate potentially fraught traffic stops by giving police officers a sense of how they communicate.
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If you have to hit the roads in the snow, here are some tips to stay safe
Get ready for some white-knuckle driving tomorrow. We haven’t had much practice driving in the snow in recent years and you may be a little rusty on what to do in slippery situations. Here are some reminders on what you need to know if you have to be out on the roads. Those warnings to stay home and off...
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If you have to hit the roads in the snow, here are some tips to stay safe
AAA Northeast has some safety reminders if you have to drive during dangerous conditions.
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Feds bust alleged CDL bribery conspiracy involving Mass. State Police: FULL VIDEO
Six people, four of them current and former Massachusetts State Police troopers, have been arrested as part of an alleged bribery conspiracy to give guaranteed passing scores to certain applicants for commercial driver’s licenses, or CDLs, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Massachusetts.
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Current, ex-Mass. State Police troopers among 6 arrested in bribery conspiracy scheme
Six people, four of them current and former Massachusetts State Police troopers, have been arrested as part of an alleged bribery conspiracy to give guaranteed passing scores to certain applicants for commercial driver’s licenses, or CDLs, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Massachusetts.
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Crashes involving teens are on the rise in Massachusetts, AAA says
Having a teenager who is an inexperienced driver on the road is one of the scariest parts of the parenting experience. In Massachusetts, the number of fatalities in teen driver crashes is the highest it’s been in 15 years. And that increase parallels a growing number of people killed in teen driver crashes nationwide. AAA Northeast analyzed the state’s...
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Crashes involving teens on the rise in Mass., AAA says
There were 16,709 crashes involving drivers between 16 and 19 years old in Massachusetts in 2022, according to
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Shocking video shows cars illegally pass school buses in Peabody
Shocking new video from a school bus camera shows a car illegally passing the bus and nearly slamming into a student crossing the street in Peabody, Massachusetts. The student jumps out of the way and falls to the ground — just one of 865 illegal school bus passings caught on camera in the city through September and into early last…
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Video shows danger of illegal school bus passing in Peabody
Peabody is rolling out a new system to prevent cars from illegally passing school buses with their stop lights flashing.
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Driving a cleaner energy future: National Grid preparing us for EV growth
National Grid is on a mission to promote electric vehicles by working toward an energy system wherein charging the cars becomes easy and accessible.
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New signs installed to prevent ‘Storrowing'
It is not uncommon to see moving trucks or other large vehicles stuck under the low bridges on Storrow Drive. The state is trying to drive down those numbers with new signage.
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Will this new sign save trucks from Storrow Drive's bridges?
A new sign was hoisted over an entrance to Storrow Drive in Boston on Monday, the latest attempt to prevent trucks from crashing into the low-clearance overpasses on the highway — an occurrence that’s so common it has its own place in local lore.
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New Mass. PSA on ‘Storrowing': ‘Together, we can not hit a bridge with a truck'
Watch the funny new video, set to that well-known Sarah McLachlan song, on how not to have your truck “Storrowed” during the upcoming move-in season from the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation
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Sumner Tunnel traffic is so bad it has expecting parents making hotel plans
It’s all brake lights and long backups on the roads detouring drivers around the Sumner Tunnel closure. The routes leading to both the Ted Williams Tunnel and the Tobin Bridge into Boston were bumper to bumper once again for Wednesday morning’s commute. One week into the two-month shutdown and drivers in Eastie are getting the hang of it, but...
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More heavy traffic expected amid Sumner Tunnel closure
Roads detouring drivers away from sumner tunnels is full of massive slowdowns and frustrated drivers.
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Sumner Tunnel closure gives commuters a big headache
Traffic has been congested in Boston since the closing of the Sumner Tunnel.
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Mass. RMV sees big spike in learner's permit applications under new law
Massachusetts has issued more than double the number of learner’s permits in the last 10 days than this time last year, after a law went into effect July 1 allowing undocumented immigrants who live in the state to apply for driver’s licenses.
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Florida stops recognizing some driver's licenses from 3 New England states
Certain classes of driver’s licenses from five states, including three in New England, are no longer valid in Florida under a new immigration law.
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Sumner Tunnel shutdown begins with major impact expected for commuters
Wednesday was the first full day of Boston’s Sumner Tunnel being closed for repairs.
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Day 1 of Sumner Tunnel Work Underway
About 39,000 drivers use the tunnel every day, which funnels people from Logan airport and East Boston to the North End and downtown.